Philadelphia Page #6

Andrew's hands DO NOT LEAVE the keyboard.

ANDREW:

Walter.

The SECOND MAN steps forward, a silhouette becoming visible

This is BOB SEIDMAN. He and Kenton wear tuxedos.

SEIDMAN:

Are we interrupting, Andy?

ANDREW:

In a word, Bob...

SEIDMAN:

Charles is right behind me.

ANOTHER SILHOUETTED FIGURE APPEARS. This image has a

horror-film feeling to it.

Andrew WHIPS AROUND to face them.

ANDREW:

I was just about to take a

break. Good evening, Charles.

CHARLES WHEELER, also in tuxedo, remains in shadow.

WHEELER:

Andy? Could you step into my

office for a sec?

(deadpan)

I feel like firing someone

tonight.

Andrew throws an arm over Seidman's shoulder.

ANDREW:

We're gonna miss you around

here, Bob...

CUT ON LAUGHTER TO:

THE RECEPTION AREA (INT./NIGHT): A DOMINO'S PIZZA DELIVERY

MAN, waiting for clearance from a SECURITY GUARD, on

Andrew's dim and quiet floor, WATCHES AS...

Seidman, Kenton and Andrew follow Charles Wheeler up a wide,

carpeted staircase. Wheeler finishes a story and everyone

LAUGHS...

CUT TO:

A BOX OF CIGARS BEING HANDED AROUND (INT./NIGHT) ...

SEIDMAN:

Andy's expressed a keen interest

in the Kronos Inc. situation,

Charles. Is that correct, Andy?

The lawyers have gathered in Wheeler's spacious office, with

its floor-to-ceiling view of the Philadelphia skyline.

ANDREW:

The fate of the participants

interests me, yes sir.

Wheeler, Kenton and Seidman proceed with the male ritual of

preparing cigars to be smoked: snipping the ends with a brass

clip, rolling them over their tongues to wet them, sliding the

cigars in and out of their rounded mouths.

Andrew, holding a cigar but NOT preparing to light it, watches

with a not completely concealed twinkle in his eye.

Wheeler leans back in his chair, swirling a brandy snifter.

He exhales cigar smoke with a great deal of pleasure.

KENTON:

It's good to be King, hey

Charles?

WHEELER:

Kings are out of fashion. I'd

rather be thought of as a

benevolent tyrant.

(prompting Andrew)

It's an anti-trust action.

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